The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-09-16

important new line known as the St Louis &
Chicago road, which is now building between
Springfield and Eureka with all possible haste.
By June next year it is expected to have trains
running between Springfield and Eureka
Good authority says that on next Monday the
Missouri Pacific will wheel into line On tho COM
mission question, and that the Eastern lines
will on that date resume the sale OF their tickets
II. G. Townsend, general passenger agent OF the
road, has been in New York for some days and
the pressure brought to bear on him has been so
great that he has yielded. He made manly
fight whether mis- cause was just or not
An official of the Pullman company says that
this talk that the company is hurt by the inter
state commerce law is absurd. In April and
Nav they felt it's effect some but since then the
business has become normal again. and as many
people ride in their sleeping and parlor cars as
ever. lie fact the earnings of their equipment
the last sixty days have been handsomely in ex-
cess of those of the corresponding period 1896
The Vincennes, Oakland City & Owensboro
Railroad Company fled its articles of association
tai stock is 81, 500, 000 The directors are J. O.
Rudd, 5. n. Cham bers, f. Watson. A L.
Powers, w. NJ Cockrun, J. B. Cockrun w. A.
Olipbant j. G. Haires and c. w. Bronsford
The road will be about sixty five miles long, ex-
tending through the counties Of Knox, Pike,
Gibson. Warrick and Spencer, from Vincennes
to point on the Ohio river opposite Owensboro.
Ky.
j. d. Laying, president, and Gaylord Beach,
general manager Of the Bee-line are to be in the
city to day. They are making an inspection
St. L. tomorrow. While in Indianapolis they
will give the matter of providing additional
depot facilities some attention. The local busi-
ness is growing to such extent that IL Is i'm
perative something be done in this direction.
Work now has to be done at the Brightwood
depot which should be done at one of the city
freight depots.
The agent of the Decline at Muncie has been
dropped from the payroll. There is an agree
nent between the Pennsylvania and the Bee
line that their agents shall not sell coupon order
tickets the lines running west out of st.
Louis. The agent at Munce, it is said, ran the
risk of being caught in such proceeding and
sold a coupon order, in connection with a ticket
to St. Louis, reading over the Wabash Western,
and the party who purchased the ticket CHANGED
to be Pennsylvania railway detective, and on
his report to d. b. Martin, general passenger
agent of the Decline, the offending agent
walked the plank"
Inquiry anon the manufacturers az this point
regards the rates they are now enabled to OBJ
tain in all directions demonstrates the fact that
80 per cent of the shippers are satisfied. and In
most say that the Interstate law, now that
have been fixed, is beneficial to them
There is one thing, however. over which there IS
a good deal of grumbing that is the advance in
switching charges which was established on the
1st of August to So per is looked upon as be-
ing rather burdensome, Notwithstanding that It
is the same rate for switching charges in vogue
at other points 1t is claimed that private
switches much more numerous at Indian
apolis than other points, not excepting Chicago,
that the work can be done more reasonable
terms.